Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-08-10

p The engine of the express showed plas
the first light, since spring, Thursday hav
"a night last, as she came round the ing
!. bend just below the depot 1t is one as n
of the reminders that daylight is plac
shortening fast. T
= The steamer City of Alpena had c. 4
400 passengers ON board on her up way
trip Saturday-the largest load OF trat,
70 the season. About 100 could get LAX
I, neither beds or cots, and many could the
not get even chairs. wau
'f A dispatch was received by F. w. fact
e Gilchrist this week which stated that for :
the steam barge Hall and the big ing
a barge Michigan were both ashore at ing
Is Bailey's harbor, near the northern can
end of Lake Michigan. tray
n Many parts of the country are suf- ''e0
III iiohi diouSth, ohu tuc iOoo w
'. farmers is reported heavy. In this ball
= county the crops are first class. The tran
I. only drought here was during haying, FOUR
and that is the time when droughts town
, are acceptable. Oh
h The rails were laid last week on the IL
switch leading from the main track, .nd
y near the Ossineke depot, to the mill nr.o
d boom of the Messrs. Sanborn. Saw T..
d logs are now brought from the Alger, .Lo..
Smith & Co. pineries and dumped in ,hr.,
:, to the mill boom. I'll
q The barge Waverly sprung leak two
v last week while loaded at the Turn NJ
bull wharf, and was reported to be r,o,,
:. making 16 inches of water per hour. scho
y The captain offered 60 cents an hour Io,u
= for men to work the pumps during 6. t.
the trip to Detroit. ~ m
Last week, G. G. Hine, in Wilson, lake
=. thrashed for Mrs. Geo. G. Heron rem
652 bushels of wheat and rye. Mr.. selvt
Compau, 200 bushels, the product Of terra
5 acres of wheat. David Mulvaney room
s. 447 bushels wheat, and for himself $50 The
t, bushels wheat, from 81 acres. socie
River street, near Second, was taken with
possession of Saturday evening by cen''
y street fakirs who set up one of those very
g. cane gambling schemes, and as they piea'
had a license from the CITY. the police very
r could not interfere with them. Such recre
Y schemes should not be allowed on the I'll
streets. was
!, The gas company has made re- the
u duction in the price of gas. This is nom
move in the right direction, and we n'g"
are assured that further reduction oegr
d I'll, ho n,.da os f.s, os tho business said
y will justify such course The gas was
y furnished is reported first class. See non'
the companys notice. anu
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If A number of city cows broke into r..
IS the oat field of A. r. Blakley, in AL .ho :
z pena township, and did large amount 1895
of damage. The city ought to en- % os
o force the State law in regard to cows oon.
o not being allowed to run at large. .bso
It The cattle at large are nuisance and .nd
damage to both residents of the city wo.
and adjoining township. srr
The Wilson road, lust west of the bree;
!; city, is being improved by putting on put
crushed stone. Up to this writing CO
!, nearly half mile has been covered, scho
,s but we are sorry to say that, in our ties,
d opinion, the road bed has not first abov
r. been put in shape to make the road ed O,
j. lasting, yet 1t is an Improvement ever run
g the former heavy sand and water we'll
a holes. very
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w. +. Depew, of the law firm of crew
Dcpew & Rutherford, was engaged as III
last week to prosecute sundry citizens 'or {
: of Hllman, Montmorency county, on u
: for violating the liquor laws. j. f. alon'
e Mills was fined $50 and costs and 10 der {
days in Jail Ketcbum got $25 and feet
J. costs and 20 days in Jail, and VIM. the
}. Murphy got a sentence of s25 or 20 Va.o
e days. anu
The Pioneer expects to run its press ;ro /,
this week with steam power. We are ,;oro
If pleased to record the improvement, some
It and hope it will never have the mis- powe
fortune to blow itself up, as the bust n,
: ness of newspaper is to blow up the a..
P'oP'e' III. use VI '.e"" P'"0' mas birth
v been needed some time to run the =. :,
n Campbell press, as it requires consid- olo !.
,. cradle power to keep it going. o,ua;
!. w. II. Kitchen, of Rogers City, has ton
the contract of carrying the mail be- poral
v tween this city and Rogers City, that
n making two trips per week. An at effor,
y tempt is being made to have daily us to
!. mail service on the route, and we nal /
!. hope the attempt will be successful: of Ell
The people of Presque Isle are en- borir
" t;,loJ 10 an Ja;l,, ,,o;J rCbaro o.o |.